Flinthook

Update: The year is finished, which means you can now read our final list of the best games of 2017. 2017 has already been an extraordinary year for PC games, from both big-name AAA successes to no-name surprise indie smashes. Keeping up with so much that's worth playing is a tough job, but we've got your back. Here is a collection of the games that…

Flinthook [official site] combines everything I loved about Rogue Legacy with far slicker platforming action, based around some of gaming's greatest icons: grappling hooks and stylish slow motion. It's a tremendous game that I've been hooked on since launch.

Grappling hooks are right up there with strafe-jumping, skateboarding, and swimming on The Official List Of Cool Ways To Move so yes, absolutely let's peek at Flinthook [official site]. The platformer stars a space pirate who swings through procedurally-generated spaceships, blasting enemies, bopping bosses, and plundering booty. Those space pirates really know how to live! "But Alice," you wonder, "why do you taunt me so…